Friday, July 30, 2010

Together Again...

In the early morning (3 am) sky, the moon and Jupiter are just a few degrees apart, high in the southeastern sky and easily visible.  The moon, though less than half lit, was still bright enough to provide walking light and to wash out almost everything else in the night sky...

The dogs were noses-down again this morning, as they have been nearly every morning for the past couple of weeks.  Some beastie is frequenting our yard at night, and the dogs do not approve!

We heard some good news from our roofing contractor yesterday: the roofing materials are due to be delivered to the fabricator today.  If they are delivered on time, the fabricator will have all our roofing panels made by next Wednesday – and that means the contractor may start installing the actual roof next week.  This would be nearly two weeks ahead of schedule.  Woo hoo!

Wolf-Rayet Star...

Captured by the ESO Wide Field Imager in Chile.  As always, click to enlarge...